How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
telephone call; telephone (device)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
don't you think?; indicates question
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
life; living; I; me; student